A voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, for discovering a North West passage : with an accurate survey of the coast, and a short natural history of the country : together with a fair view of the facts and arguments from which the future finding of such a passage is rendered probable / by Henry Ellis, gent., agent for the proprietors in the said expedition ; to which is prefixed, an historical account of the attempts hitherto made for the finding a passage that way to the East-Indies ; illustrated with proper cuts and a new and correct chart of Hudson's-Bay with the countries adjacent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellis, Henry, 1721-1806.

Contributor:

Robert Dechert Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hudson Bay.

Hudson Bay Region.

Northwest Passage--Early works to 1800.

Northwest Passage.

Hudson Bay--Early works to 1800.

Penn Provenance:

Dechert, Robert (donor)

Physical Description:

xxviii, 336, that is, 344 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates (6 folded) : illustrations, map ; 21 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Voyage to Hudson's Bay.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for H. Whitridge ..., 1748.

Notes:

Signatures: A⁸ a⁴ b² B-G⁸ (G)⁴ H-Y⁸.

Numbers 89-96 repeated in the pagination.

Press figures.

Cited in:

Bell Cat., p. 288

Streeter Cat., 3642

Cox II, p. 8

Sabin, 22312

OCLC:

6341410